Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
- French philosopher and mathematician
- Published Discourse on Method (1637)
- Used reason and deduction to learn truths about the material world
- "Cogito, Ergo Sum" - I think, therefore I am.
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
- English political theorist
- Government had absolute power
- This power would restrain man's dark nature
John Locke (1632-1704)
- English doctor and political theorist
- Natural right to "life, liberty, property"
- Government can be overthrown if they start ruling with absolute power
sources used on this page:
Western Civilization: A Global and Comparative Approach, Vol. 1, Kenneth L. Cambell
Science and Enlightenment powerpoint by Professor Williams
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/descartes.html
http://u.osu.edu/freewill/files/2014/01/9969462_orig-10l639g.jpg
http://www.iep.utm.edu/wp-content/media/locke.jpg
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/images/hobbes.jpe
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